Beylerbey Mehmud Nizamedin of Shabankarai Beylerbeylik

Beylerbey Mehmud Nizamedin of Shabankarai Beylerbeylik (1053-) was the beylerbey of Fars and the Steward of the Seljuk Empire.

Biography
Mehmud Nizamedin kure Ebu-Abbas Shabankarai was born in 1053 to a Sunni Muslim Kurdish family. He became the beylerbey of Fars in present-day Iran, and in 1078 he was appointed the Steward of the Seljuk Empire by Sultan Malik Shah. However, he was also a vociferous opponent of the government, leading the faction to lower crown authority and being a member of the faction that sought independence for several regions in the empire.